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President Trump tried to change the rules for mail-in voting before the midterms. But the Supreme Court ruled against him ... Kash Patel faces the Senate Judiciary Committee today. Will there actually be substantive Q&A or a performance for an audience of one? ... The president calls growing AI concerns a "hoax."    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Big tech wants to pump the brakes on AI, while President Trump is full-steam ahead. Do Republicans risk being on the wrong side of this issue? ... House Speaker Johnson says Congress needs to approve the president's proposed $5,000 checks. Would Trump let Republican lawmakers take the fall for an impossible pledge? ... A woman dies of measles in Pennsylvania. Is the conflicting public health messaging a concern?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We begin today's show by marking the 25-year anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Democratic Senator John Fetterman surprises everyone at Trump's midterm Republican national convention, fueling rumors that he's switching sides. Are Dems better without him? ... Texas Senate candidate James Talarico flip flops on transgender athletes in sports. We ask whether the voters can believe what he's saying now ... 9/11 started America's war on terror. 25 years on, is it a success or failure?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The foreperson from the Lindsay Clancy mistrial claims the lone holdout juror admitted he had reasonable doubt. Why didn't the judge remove him? ... The goal for Republicans at the first midterm convention is to raise money and praise Trump. Is that what the GOP really needs right now? ... The president is trying to clarify his 9/11 tale of being carried away by firefighters afraid of a building collapse.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It looks like we've got a US-Canada trade war brewing before the midterms. Could it cost Republicans in battleground states like Michigan or Ohio? ... California's Gavin Newsom says there is overwhelming opposition among Democrats to the current regime in Israel. Is he describing the party's new position or positioning himself to lead? ... NYC Mayor Mamdani stands firm in the face of calls for him to skip Friday's 9/11 ceremony. Does he risk becoming a political distraction there?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Federal officials are trying to figure out how an Amazon cargo plane barreled off the runway in Miami, killing at least five people. We speak with an aviation safety expert about what investigators will be looking at first ... The White House is sounding more hopeful after meetings in Moscow and Kyiv. Could this four-year- war end before winter? ... Senator Bernie Sanders, who turns 85 tomorrow, spent years pulling the Democratic party to the left. Who will pick up the mantle of the movement he's built?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's show begins with a discussion of the lone holdout in the Lindsay Clancy courtroom. What could a judge say just hours from now to break their deadlock? ... Confronted with a question about how the war in Iran is going and when the fighting will end, the vice president responds, "I don't know. You would have to ask the Iranians" ... Elon Musk does what the president has yet to do in Texas. Can the world's richest man save Republicans from a midterm disaster?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A Republican senator who voted to confirm Pete Hegseth now wants him fired for "inept management of the military." Could President Trump throw Hegseth under the bus? ... Senators are getting ready to return to DC. Will Mitch McConnell be one of them? Some of his closest confidants are now skeptical ... The president promises to hit the road to get Republicans elected. But wouldn't they rather have some of that campaign cash instead?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Popular talk show host Joe Rogan says President Trump's "Lake America" executive order is nothing but a "stunt" meant "to distract you from the fact that we're in a war that we can't win in Iran." Is he right? ... An old progressive incumbent trounces a younger centrist in Massachusetts. What does this say about Democrats' appetite for rebelling against the establishment? ... Republicans want to charge more than $88,000 for a photo with Trump at the midterm convention. Is this a tone deaf cash grab?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The head of the US Army just resigned while we're in the middle of a war. That prompts big questions this morning about leadership at the Pete Hegseth Pentagon ... The Trump Administration's voter-fraud surge starts today. Is this a legitimate crackdown or another attempt to undermine election integrity? ... A jury just reached a guilty verdict in the murder of Tupac Shakur. Does this finally put a 30-year-old mystery to rest?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The deportation cheerleader Milo Yiannopoulos finds himself deported. Did a bitter far-right feud with Laura Loomer have anything to do with it? ... President Trump wants to punish NBC's Kristen Welker over two words. Will the FCC now turn that threat into action? ... Texas Republicans are waiting for the cavalry as James Talarico floods the airwaves. Team Paxton is wondering where all that MAGA ad money is?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump orders Lake Ontario to be renamed Lake America. Is this the ultimate power move or a powerless gesture? ... Plus, Republicans push state laws to restrict the rights of naturalized and dual citizens. Should there be any such thing as “not American enough?” ... Lindsay Clancy’s fate is now in the jury's hands. Will they see murder? Or a mother who was too mentally ill to be held criminally responsible?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump reportedly plans to spend MAGA campaign money on ads about himself. Do Republicans trying to win midterm races even want that? ... Meta's massive court deal promises two-hour limits for teens on Instagram. What about TikTok or YouTube? ... Did Pete Hegseth want a top general to bend the rules for a rich rock star? New questions emerge about discipline and the warrior ethos at the Pentagon.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump's endorsement was all it took to elect Lindsey Graham's sister. Are GOP primaries essentially loyalty tests? ... The president's plan to bring down the price of beef runs afoul of cattle ranchers, who are calling it a raw deal. Could cheaper imports come at their expense? ... True crime obsession surrounds the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, with amateur sleuths raising all kinds of conspiracies. Has the internet gone too far? ... In a nation divided, Dolly Parton was loved on both sides of the aisle. Was she America's last cultural common ground?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We begin today's show with a look at South Carolina's critical runoff between Darline Graham, the political newcomer and sister of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, and Ralph Norman, the ultra-conservative congressman who backed President Trump's agenda but did not earn his endorsement ... Michigan's Abdul el-Sayed is still trying to distance himself from Hasan Piker. Was it worth the political risk to pal around with him in the first place? ... AI threatens to disrupt Texas politics. Could the rural revolt over data centers turn parts of the Lone Star State blue?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The buzz continues this morning after we learned about a secret, face-to-face meeting between Jared Kushner and Hakeem Jeffries. So, who should be more concerned, Democrats or Republicans? ... The White House says today is economic D-day for Iran. But haven't years of sanctions and isolation already failed? The father of a sailor serving an extended deployment aboard the USS Lincoln has been detained by ICE for deportation. We discuss how voters are responding to that.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have Donald Trump and his former fixer Michael Cohen reunited? Or is the renewed flattery just a very public push for a pardon? ... The Navy may strip a Black war hero's name from an aircraft carrier and replace it with Donald Trump. What's behind the latest vanity project? ... Key midterm races in Texas and Iowa are now considered tossups. Is the GOP in real danger of losing the Senate this fall?    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The national debt is soaring, while the war in the Middle East keeps raging. Yet at the White House it was show and tell day for a new driveway. Are the president's priorities in need of an upgrade? ... Georgia Senator John Ossoff's quip about one of Trump's most trusted aides is still making headlines days later. Is it prompting a strategy shift for Democrats.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Not even a Trump endorsement could save scandal-plagued Florida Congressman Cory Mills, who lost his House primary race last night to former local TV news anchor Ryan Elijah. Mills has been facing a House Ethics Committee investigation into allegations including sexual misconduct, campaign finance violations, and misuse of congressional resources, all of which he has denied.  Also: A Democratic Socialist upset the Florida establishment. Are Republicans the real winners here? .... A debate stage blunder for political newbie Darline Graham ...Trump aide Natalie Harp's brother talks to CNN about his sister and the president.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices